1929 EARL BURTNETT HOTEL BILTMORE Or THERE's DANGER IN YOUR EYES BRUNSWICK 4716
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Description
A series of great JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records
Great Dance music by the EARL BURTNETT and his LOS ANGELES HOTEL BILTMORE
Brunswick - 4926 * THERE'S DANGER IN YOUR EYES CHERIE!/ WHEN THE LITTLE RED ROSES GET THE BLUES FOR YOU
10" 78 rpm record
Condition:
EXCELLENT MINUS, unworn scuffs, plays very quiet faint hiss
A GREAT COPY
Earl Burtnett (7 February 1896 - 2 January 1936)[1] was an American bandleader, songwriter and pianist who was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
[edit] Life and careerBurtnett was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Pennsylvania State College, but left after two years. He began having songs published, including "Canadian Capers" (1915) and "Down Honolulu Way" (1916), and in 1918 joined Art Hickman's touring band. Shortly afterwards, promoter Florenz Ziegfeld heard the band in California, and featured them on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1920.[1][2]
Burtnett continued as lead arranger and writer for the Hickman orchestra, his successful songs including "Sleep" , "Leave Me With A Smile" (1921), "Mandalay" (1924), and "If I Should Lose You" (1927). In 1929, he took over as band leader on Hickman's retirement. His band then had a residency at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, and recorded for Brunswick Records backing the Biltmore Trio. They also appeared in two films, The Flying Fool (1929) and The Party Girl (1930), billed as "Earl Burtnett and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra and Trio". They played across the country in the early and mid 1930s, with periods at both the Rice Hotel in Houston (from 1933), and later at the Drake Hotel and other venues in Chicago, where their concerts were often broadcast on WGN radio.[1][2]
[edit] DeathOn Christmas Eve, 1935, Burtnett underwent an appendectomy at Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago. However, peritonitis set in after the operation, and he died on January 2, 1936 at the age of 39.[1][2]
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